# sanjak

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsandʒak/

## Definitions
1. A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire.
2. Synonym of sanjakbey: the officer supervising a sanjak.

## Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancâk, “subdivision of a vilayet”, literally “flag, banner”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sanjak